Fueled by a number of factors, including a budget increase and Senate confirmation of Commissioner Kalpana Kotagal to the board restoring the agency’s Democratic majority, the EEOC is returning to a heightened level of litigation activity not seen in years, employment lawyers recently observed.
In its strategic enforcement plan for 2024 to 2028, the EEOC said it would focus in part on preventing and remedying systemic harassment. The Schuff Steel case appears to carry out these objectives: “This settlement demonstrates that the EEOC will continue to work tirelessly to root out discrimination where it is found, in any industry,” Nancy Sienko, acting director of the agency’s Phoenix district office, stated in the release.
